Some do listen on home hi-fi configuration. Two I know are Octave Records, whose releases have to pass final audition at Paul McGowan's music room at PS Audio; and Andreas Meyer in New York who has a mastering/listening room akin to a home set-up.
A question to the Sound Engineers out there
I really enjoy the way in which, some sound engineers have the ability to create tracks that sounds like the recording took place in a much larger physical venue outside of a studio
But based on the pictures I have seen of some studios, i.e. with the large mixing desk in front of a large pane of glass - it hardly looks to be an ideal listening environment.
So I was wondering...
- do Sound engineers listen to the finished master on a TOTL hi-fi system having a more "normal configuration" i.e. like many of us have in our houses, to ensure their end product will sound just as they want it?
- or is the studio a near field listening environment, which is actually better for the purpose of creating a grander sounding master?
- or are the speakers not really for mixing purposes because the sound engineer relies solely on headphones to create the final product mix?
Just curious - Cheers - Steve
But based on the pictures I have seen of some studios, i.e. with the large mixing desk in front of a large pane of glass - it hardly looks to be an ideal listening environment.
So I was wondering...
- do Sound engineers listen to the finished master on a TOTL hi-fi system having a more "normal configuration" i.e. like many of us have in our houses, to ensure their end product will sound just as they want it?
- or is the studio a near field listening environment, which is actually better for the purpose of creating a grander sounding master?
- or are the speakers not really for mixing purposes because the sound engineer relies solely on headphones to create the final product mix?
Just curious - Cheers - Steve